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ACROSS
8 One can eat this part of tomato fungus (4) TOFU [T]
9 Refuse container having two parts: The whole of it carries the first part, while the first part carries the second (7,3) GARBAGE BAG ( garbage is carried in bag and bag is in garbage)
10 Faster arrangement to fire at ground target (6) STRAFE*
11 Endlessly impede big cat and male horse (8) STALLION {STALl}{LION}
12 Conceals Eastern spices blended around end of April (8) ECLIPSES {E+SPICES}* over {a..iL}
14 Old city male is pressing (6) URGENT {UR}{GENT}
16 A part of the military is positioned in farmyard (4) ARMY [T]
17 Initial kind of tree on street (5) FIRST {FIR}{ST}
18 A police department makes corrosive chemical (4) ACID {A}{CID}
19 Boy gets command at boundary (6) BORDER {B}{ORDER}
21 Prohibit mad Turk wrongly accepting termination of partnership and getting insolvent (8) BANKRUPT {BAN}{KRU{p...iP}T*}
23 Since, top operating system produces heat resistant material (8) ASBESTOS {AS}{BEST}{OS}
26 Creature let rut flow (6) TURTLE*
27 Arsonist's private yacht cruising, at first, around country (10) PYROMANIAC {Pr...e}{Ya..t}{Cr...g} over {ROMANIA}
28 Stop consuming! Quickly! (4) FAST [DD}
DOWN
2 A CIA deputy losing record blows up cheek! (8) AUDACITY {A+CIA+DepUTY}*
3 Accepts silver on European salver at first (6) AGREES {AG}{RE}{E}{Sa...r}
4 Mineral deposits in forest (4) ORES [T]
5 Weapon's actual deployment around Panama tower in the beginning (8) CATAPULT {CATA{P}UL*}{To..r}
6 Juliet and Roman prisoner's travel fatigue? (3,3) JET LAG {J}{ET}{LAG}
15 Cosmetic from new oil phials shaken (4,6) NAIL POLISH {N+OIL+PHIALS}*
17 Friar and pet go around building that is dangerous in the event of a conflagration (8) FIRETRAP {FRIAR+PET}*
18 RAF cart driven around one plane (8) AIRCRAFT {RAF+CART}* over {1}
20 Evil spirit moaned horribly (6) DAEMON*
22 Agreeable to go around operation theatre and observe (6) NOTICE {N{OT}ICE}
25 Thin pilgrims losing grip slip (4) SLIM piLgrIMS*
Reference List
Eastern = E, Old city = UR, Street = ST, Boy = B, Operating System = OS, Oscar = O, Record = EP, On = RE, European = E, Panama = P, Juliet = J, And in Roman = ET, King = K, Silence = SH, New = N, Operation theatre = OT, English = E
9A Garbage Bag
ReplyDeleteDefinition: Refuse Container
Garbage Bag (The whole of it) carries Garbage (the first part)
Garbage has 'Bag' (carries the second part)
23A Asbestos
Since: As; Top: Best; Operating system: OS
Definition: Heat resistant material
27A: Pyromaniac
Private Yacht cruising at first: PYC
Country: Romania
PYC around Country: Pyromaniac
Definition: Arsonist
6D: Jet lag
Juliet: J
Roman 'And': Et
Prisoner: Lag
Definition: Travel fatigue
15D: Nail polish
New: N
Shaken: Anagrind
{N oil phials}* : Nail Polish
Definition: Cosmetic
25d. SLIM.. PILGRIMS* MINUS GRIP
ReplyDelete1d. MONTE CARLO..MON is first day of week
Mon (cartel)* O(scar)
13d. SHRUB.. sh rub ...sh is silence..rub from wipe
5d. CATAPULT....ACTUAL* around PT.. Panama tower is PT
14ac.. URGENT.. UR is old city..gent is male
8A - TOFU toma(TO FU)ngus telescopic
ReplyDelete10A - STRAFE faster letters rearranged
19a border from Boy and command - order
ReplyDelete16 a Army from fARM Yard
28a Fast -stop consuming meaning quickly
21a bankrupt from BAN-prohibit TURK and P from end of partnership
ReplyDelete20 DAEMON -from moaned archaic spelling of demon
ReplyDelete11. Impede is stall. Endlessly big cat is lion. Hence stallion .
ReplyDelete26. Let rut anagram gives you turtle, a creature.
18d.Raf cart and one ( anagram) gives you aircraft,.
17
17d.
4d. Ores from forest which is a deposit.
17d.
"Endlessly big cat" is not lion. I think the full stop is misplaced.
Delete18D is not a total anagram
Delete17d. Friar and pet ,anagram of which gives you firetrap , conflagration.
ReplyDelete2d. A CIA +deputy - ep (losing record) and the anagram of acia and duty gives you audacity .
12A- (E)(C(L)IPSES)*
ReplyDeleteEastern-E
End of April-L
spices*
From Prasanna - since he is unable to post in the blog (for the time being)
15 D
ReplyDeleteN(ew) oil Phials, anagram
Nail Polish
27 A, PYROMANIAC,
ReplyDeletePrivate Yacht = PY
Country = Romania
27A - c is not accounted for
DeleteBy oversight left out (c) ruising. Thanks for pointing out.
Delete13 D, SHRUB
ReplyDeleteSilence = Sh
Wipe= rub
18 D, FIRETRAP,
ReplyDeleteAnagram of Friar and Pet
But for 24-D that made me wonder as to what it could be since I managed to solve all the rest while reckoning the solution to be ISLE although the letters I (in 23-A) & L (in 27-A) happened to be misfit in the ultimate.
ReplyDeleteIsle is not right. It has to be the name of an island and firmament gives you the clue required.
ReplyDeleteI &L are not the correct crossings.
ReplyDeleteAll done
ReplyDeleteFor 70 years, crossword setters had the device Queen/Head of state=ER. Now no more. From now onwards, it has to be preceded by former. Perhaps , setters have got a new device:king=CR.
ReplyDeleteGood point sir
Delete+1
DeleteBut the ER doesn't come from just E-II. It's still stands as a title.
DeleteBrreze is continuing to blow. My cod - GARBAGE BAG
ReplyDelete